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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Persian Protest

US Aircraft SanctionsOn Facebook

Thousands of Persians have been protesting on facebook against sanctions of selling passenger planes and Planes Spare parts to Iran by this petition as below :

Stop sanctions against Selling passenger airplanes to Iran

We believe sanctions against selling aircraft and spare parts to Iran are against innocent people. These sanctions are causing hundreds of casualties every year as Iranian airlines are struggling to renew and maintain their fleet to industry standards.

In the latest tragedy on 9 Jan 2011, IranAir’s 37-year-old Boeing 727, carrying 105people, came down and broke into pieces killing at least 77 people with lifetime injuries for the others. Among the victims were 3 children.

US sanctions against Iranian civil aviation industry have been in place for over 30 years. Iran is also prevented from buying Airbus from Europe on the basis that US is manufacturing some of the key parts.